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    Home » Sections » Energy » South Africa could get more global funding for energy transition

    South Africa could get more global funding for energy transition

    By Antony Sguazzin22 June 2022
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    Alok Sharma, the president of the Cop26 climate talks, said other nations and philanthropic organisations want to join the US$8.5-billion (R136-billion) climate finance deal offered to South Africa by the UK, US, Germany, France and the European Union.

    That could increase the amount of money South Africa will get to help the nation transition away from coal, he said at a press conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The fuel accounts for more than 80% of the country’s power generation.

    The Just Energy Transition Partnership was announced at the Cop26 talks in Glasgow in November and the terms are being negotiated by South Africa and partner nations. The deal has been touted as a blueprint for future agreements with other coal-dependent developing nations.

    There is also interest from philanthropies and I think there is interest from the private sector as well

    “This JETP is about kick starting further support that will come,” said Sharma, who is also a UK cabinet minister. “We know, for instance, that there are other developed economies that have an interest in supporting South Africa. There is also interest from philanthropies and I think there is interest from the private sector as well.”

    South Africa, the world’s 13th largest source of greenhouse gases, will need to spend $250-billion (R4-trillion) over the next three decades to fund the closing down of coal-fired power plants and development of replacement green energy such as wind and solar, according to a study released last month.

    In addition, money will need to be spent compensating coal-dependent communities whose livelihoods are threatened by the change, the Blended Finance Taskforce and the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University said.

    ‘Very good news’

    “As part of a long-term transition it will require significantly more funding,” Sharma said, adding that he held talks with seven South African ministers on Tuesday. “Anything that this partnership can help to catalyse in terms of additional funding, I think, is very good news.”

    Sharma said he wants concrete progress in the talks with South Africa by the Cop27 climate meeting in Egypt later this year and possibly to announce partnerships with other developing countries.

    “We are working with a number of other governments in terms of just energy transition partnerships for those particular nations,” he said. “I hope we may be in a position by Cop27 to make political declarations on those.”

    Sharma said he also met with mining companies and mineworker union leaders.  — (c) 2022 Bloomberg LP

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